Well season 3 has been added now, so I guess it's just a matter of time. Oddly, though, the episode Severed Dreams is letterboxed.
Well I just looked through the upcoming Vudu releases through January, and the rest of B5 isn't on there. Weird, why would they only have seasons 2 and 4?
Hard for me to say. I think it looks a little worse than Netflix did, but still better than the DVDs. My guess is both services made their own encodes from the NTSC masters.
Here are a couple shots from Vudu:
Seasons 2 and 4 have been added to Vudu.com and they're 4:3... I hope they put up the rest of the series soon!
Not to mention that the show isn't on Netflix anymore. :(
I hope they add it back someday.
Only the first season is 4:3 on iTunes, all the rest are 16:9.
I'm not sure what the video quality was on Netflix, but obviously it was SD.
Harmy said:
No, to be honest, I don't even see that one.
Here's a snapshot:
Harmy said:
But it's not the secret glitch
And the one on the shuttle door at 3:35 isn't either? Really thought I might have caught it there! :P
Here's the second half of my notes. Again all very minor stuff, and sorry if some of it's already been pointed out!
1:04:30 - might just be the encoding on the workprint, but it's kind of fuzzy panning up to han
1:06:22 - fullscreen encoding glitch (after shot of chewie)
1:15:00 - a lot of crushed blacks in this scene, don't know if you can do anything about that?
1:29:40 - matte box around the death star
1:49:38 - matte box around the falcon
1:53:00 - matte boxes around the ties
1:59:01 - very slight encoding glitch on the torch flames
2:00:26 - are there a few frames missing in the shots where luke hugs han, and lando is talking to chewie?
2:01:09 - repeated frames (though I know you already fixed this)
About halfway through this, and looking great! Haven't noticed anything that needs more despecializing yet, so here are my glitch and color notes. Sorry if some of these have already been posted!
3:35 - really small encoding glitch on the middle of the shuttle door as it comes down
Also, the blacks on Vader seem kinda crushed in this first shot?
16:10 - super small encoding glitch on the left side of the frame
27:55 - are there some missing frames in this GOUT shot?
30:59 - colors seem kinda different in this shot (more orange, saturated)
45:47 - is there a slight skip in the audio here? I know you didn't modify the sound, so maybe that's how it was in the original?
51:30 - another audio skip?
54:05 - 3PO looks a little bright/washed out here
1:02:48 - colors look kind of different in this shot (more contrast, less saturated)
there's a picture in picture GOUT footage in the corner
Wow, cool. Now I'm interested to check it out too, and see if I can spot any differences. Kind of like a game!
I'm gonna go against the grain here and say I vote for the reverse Chewie. I would have never noticed that if it hadn't been pointed out. Unlike these Jabba tests, impressive as they are. Great work either way as always, Harmy!
I assume you guys are talking about the V3 now on Myspleen? Could I get an invite for that as well?
For the as yet released blu-ray editions, we'll have to mail discs for now at least, right?
Thanks again for all the hard work preserving these films!
Just curious, what comes first: Star Wars v2.0 or finishing ROTJ? Kind of hoping for the later. I'm very happy with v1.0, and am just looking forward to a complete set. Thanks again for these!
skyjedi2005 said:
The music was redone for the second version by the same musician who did the rest of the series? cannot remember his name off the top of my head.
Did the original pilot have a complete and different score by another composer and not released on CD, or was it temp music?
Stewart Copeland did the first score of the The Gathering. And that cut is available on amazon instant watch.
Babylon 5 is in orignal 4:3 on Netflix instant streaming, and looks really good to boot. However it's being taken off the service next week! Has anyone manged to make captures of the episodes there?
My second post here. Just want to say that I'm blown away by these Despecialized Editions. I was a huge Star Wars fan growing up, but the Special Editions and Prequels killed my enthusiasm for the franchise. As a television editor, the out-of-place CG monstrosities added to the original films really distracted me.
Not anymore. I could go on about all the details I love in Harmy's cut, or the small parts that still bother me a bit, but that would be missing the point. These are now my go-to copies for when I just want to watch and enjoy the trilogy again. Thank you, Harmy. Can't wait for Jedi to complete the collection!
Very interested in checking this out as well!